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The excessive cost of early stage bladder cancer care
Author(s) -
Hemani Micah L.,
Bennett Charles L.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.25227
Subject(s) - medicine , bladder cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , health care , cancer , intensive care medicine , economic growth , paleontology , economics , biology
The management of early stage bladder cancer is a potential target for major healthcare savings for many reasons. To solve the problem of irrational spending on bladder cancer, more cost‐effectiveness research must be undertaken, and the results of such research must be used to direct clinical practice and to influence healthcare policy reform.